Ungaliophis

Ungaliophis is a genus of dwarf boas found from southern Mexico to Colombia. Currently, two species are recognized.^[2]

Ungaliophis
Panamanian dwarf boa (Ungaliophis panamensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Subfamily:	Ungaliophiinae
Genus:	Ungaliophis Müller, 1880
Synonyms
Ungaliophis - Müller, 1880 Peropodum - Bocourt In A.H.A. Duméril, Bocourt & Mocquard, 1882[1]

Common names: neotropical dwarf boas, bromeliad boas, banana boas.

Geographic range

Found from the Pacific coastal plain and Meseta Central of Chiapas in Mexico, south through Central America (Pacific Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) to Colombia.^[1]

Habitat

These snakes occupy a range of habitats from lowland rainforest to highland pine-oak forests to cloud forests. Their vertical distribution ranges from sea level to 2,300 m elevation.^[1]

Species

Species*[2]	Taxon author[2]	Common name	Geographic range[1]
U. continentalisT	Müller, 1880	Chiapan dwarf boa	Southern Mexico (eastern Chiapas), southwestern Guatemala and Honduras.
U. panamensis	Schmidt, 1933	Panamanian dwarf boa	Southern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and western Colombia.

^T Type species.^[1]